Records of YMCA international work in Ethiopia 1940-1986 (bulk late 1940s-1970s)

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Records of YMCA international work in Ethiopia 1940-1986 (bulk late 1940s-1970s)

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, maps, pamphlets, journal and newspaper articles and other records of YMCA international work in Ethiopia, documenting the development and growth of the YMCA in Ethiopia, including the involvement that Emperor Haile Selassi, as well as relief work.

2.8 cubic feet (8 boxes)

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]

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